UMAINE/UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. Graduate Student Conference

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1 UMAINE/UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK Graduate Student Conference Friday, October 12, :00pm to 7:00pm Registration and Reception Buchanan Alumni Hall 7:00pm to 8:30pm Keynote Address by Professor Gail Campbell, University of New Brunswick Buchanan Alumni Hall Saturday, October 13, 2012 Continental Breakfast 7:30am to 8:30am 8:30am to 10:00am (1A) MASCULINITY, Bangor Room, Prof. Melissa Ladenheim Matthew Douglas, "Fighting on the Margins; Machine Gun Companies of the Second World War" University of New Brunswick Ian Jesse, "Manhood in Verse: Connections in Folk Song and Masculinity" University of Joe Miller, Between the Margins: How Does Shell-Shock Fit In with the Ideology of the Female Malady? University of (1B) RADICALISM, Bumps Room, moderator Dr. Justin Wolff Derek Lee Nelson, "Mud, Mudslinging, and the Fight for the San Francisco Waterfront, " University of New Hampshire Rachel Snell, Disciples of Wollstonecraft: The Constraints of Republican Motherhood - University of Lee Cilli, A Correct and Public Taste : The Dime Novel and American Values, University of

2 10:00am to 10:30am Coffee and Tea Break 10:30am to 12:00pm (2A) BORDERLANDS, Bangor Room, moderator Dr. Stefano Tijerina Michael Perry, Periphery, Democracy, and Empire: Discourses of Connectivity and Isolation in the Northeastern Borderlands, " University of Greg Rogers, 'Avowed Enemies': The Rhode Island- Massachusetts Border Dispute, " University of Dan Soucier, "'News of Provisions Ahead': Accommodation in a Wilderness Borderland during the American Invasion of Quebec, 1775" - University of (2B) DOMESTICITY, Bumps Room, moderator Jennifer Pickard Ariana Alexander, "Searching the Margins of the Archive: Exploring the Lives of Black Domestic Workers in New York City from the 1930s to the 1950s," New York University Molly Burns Gallaher, "Searching for Home: Catholicism and the Franco-American Mother" University of New Hampshire Lisa Rude, Fighting for their Base: The League of Women Voters on Women s Issues University of 12:00-1:00pm Buffet Lunch University Club, Fogler Library 2 nd Floor Public History Director's Tour 1:15pm to 2:00pm Page Farm and History Museum, 5787 Museum Barn, Orono Campus

3 (3A) RESISTANCE, Bangor Room, moderator Dr. Scott See Maryanne Lewell, 'There is considerable consternation': Acts of Resistance to the 1917 Military Service Act in Two Maritime Counties University of New Brunswick Annie Morrisette, TBD University of Sean C. Perry, "Edward Henry Durrell's Reformation of New Orleans City Government, : Powerful Political Outsider to Sole Author of Entirely New City Charter" University of New Hampshire 2:30pm to 4:00pm (3B) AGRICULTURE, moderator Dr. Katherine O'Flaherty Jessamy Luthin, From Wanted to Weed: A Natural History of Some of New England s Introduced Plants - University of Cody Miller, The Farmer's Family Must Find Compensation in Something Less Tangible, Less Material : The Debate Over the Value of Agricultural Work in New England, University of Eileen Palmer, "Interactions between Transplanted Back-to-the- Landers and Small "Native" Farmers in during the 1970s and 1980s - University of 4:00 pm to 4:15pm Afternoon Coffee Break 4:15pm to 5:45pm (4A) BODIES, Bangor Room, moderator Dr. Nathan Stormer Sarah Angell, "London Prostitutes in Popular Literature before and after the Contagious Diseases Act - University of Andy Hurtt, "Tattoos as Art and Expression" - University of Cheryl Petreman, The Portrayal of Body Parts in Witch Iconography University of New Brunswick (4B) ENVIRONMENT, Bumps Room, moderator Dr. Richard Judd David L. Bent, Let s drop in on our friends at Sunnybrae : CBC Radio s The Gillans and Agricultural Reform in the Maritimes,

4 University of New Brunswick Jason Hall, Farmers, Fences and Freshets: Regulating and Conserving the St. John River in the late 18 th and early 19 th centuries. University of New Brunswick Eric Reardon, 'From Time Immemorial': Massachusetts Farmer-Fishermen and the Merrimack River, " University of Evening Reception with buffet dinner and cash bar 6:30pm to 8:30pm Bear Brew Pub, 2 nd Floor, 36 Main St. in Orono 20 minute walk from campus, free parking behind the bar Sunday, October 14, :00am to 9:00am Continental Breakfast 9:00am to 10:30am (5A) MARITIME, Bangor Room, moderator Dr. Liam Riordan Sarah Batterson, 'Disguised as a Legal Trader:' Negotiating the International Politics of the Slave Trade" University of New Hampshire Alex Lehning and Jess Rozek, Moving the Margins of History: Nautical Archaeology, the American Revolution, & the War of 1812" University of Vermont Michael Verney, "'A View Thus Enlarged': The Debate over Naval Exploration in Jacksonian America" University of New Hampshire (5B) MEMORY AND BELONGING, Bumps Room, moderator Dr. Jennie Woodard Stephanie De Paola, "On the Margins of Memory: Social Exclusion and the Roma and Sinti in Modern Italy." Fordham University Barry MacKenzie, "A Hearty Welcome: Royal Tours of New Brunswick, " University of New Brunswick

5 Timothy E. Nelson, "'Black Owned' Transnationalism: A Case for Agency and a Shift in Paradigm" University of Texas, El Paso 10:30am to 10:45am Coffee and Tea Break Roundtable Discussion "Research on the Margins: Methodology, Research Ethics, and Best Practices," moderator Dr. Katherine O'Flaherty 10:45am to 12:00pm Dr. Gail Campbell, Professor (ret.) of Social and Political Canadian History, University of New Brunswick Dr. Mazie Hough, Assistant Professor of History and Women's Studies, University of Mark McLaughlin, Instructor in History, ABD, University of New Brunswick Annie Morrisette, Doctoral Student, University of Dr. Stefano Tijerina, Instructor in History and Public Policy, University of 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Lunch and Closing Remarks University Club, Fogler Library, 2 nd Floor We wish to thank our generous sponsors for helping to make this conference a success. Much appreciation to the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee, the History Department, the Canadian-American Center, the Office of the president, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the University Credit Union for their financial support.